â¢ Border officials: 3 of 4 people crossing the border are from countries other than Mexico. â¢ State lawmaker: âTexas is not waiting for Washington to act.â. Last weekend, I visited McAllen, Texas, a hotbed of activity in the recent immigration surge on the U.S. â Mexico border.
Spanish Settlement. After the discovery of Cuba by Christopher Columbus at october 28 of 1492, the spanish settlement started in the Island. The Colonizers arrived and once and for all they imposed customs, culture and ways, that anything had to see with who they constituted the autochthonous population until then.
Ponce de Leon named the peninsula he believed to be an island âLa Floridaâ because his discovery came during the time of the Easter feast, or Pascua Florida. In 1521, he returned to Florida in an effort to establish a Spanish colony on the island. However, hostile Native Americans attacked his expedition soon after landing, and the party retreated to Cuba, where Ponce de Leon died from a mortal wound suffered during the battle.